István Pálffy (born November 21, 1959) is a Hungarian media personality, former news presenter, journalist and writer who also served as

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(MP) from

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–

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Hajdú-Bihar County Regional List between 2010 and 2014.

Biography

His father was the literary historian István Pálffy (1929–2001), a Hungarian lecturer in the

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. He graduated as an architect from the

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(BME) in 1986. He worked as an engineer for the State Construction Company of Hajdú-Bihar County from 1985 to 1988, then he was a staff member of

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between 1988 and 1997. He was an anchorman (''A Hét'', ''Magyarországról jövök'') for

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for a short period of time, then served as a news presenter for TV2 from 1997 to 2002 (''Tények'' and ''Jó estét Magyarország!''). He returned to Magyar Televízió in 2002 where he became news presenter until 2008 and after that he became the editor—in—chief for M1's current affairs programme ''Panoráma''. He left Magyar Televízió in 2009 as he started his political career. Pálffy ran for a parliamentary seat in the 2010 national election, where he was elected from KDNP's Hajdú-Bihar County Regional List. He was elected Vice Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Press Freedom on 14 May 2010. He joined the Committee on

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in September 2013. Besides his work, he vividly deals with cuisine and gastro-tourism, especially wines, many books written on these subjects by him.

Controversy

On August 21, 2023 he has returned to the tv screens as a host following a thirteen year hiatus. He was to host HírTv's brand new program titled Napi Aktuális, however, after hosting it just once, the channel has fired him, after having made questionable statements about tolerating

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Works

* ''Pálffyction'' (monográfia, 2003) * ''222 szó az illemről'' (2003) * ''222 szó az utazásról'' (2004) * ''Kicsik és nagyok illemkönyve'' (2004) * ''Horvátország: Konyha-Kultúra-Kalauz'' (2005) * ''Erdély: Konyha-Kultúra-Kalauz'' (2006) * ''Csehország: Konyha-Kultúra-Kalauz'' (2007) * ''Szlovákia: Konyha-Kultúra-Kalauz'' (2008) * ''Mit érdemes megvenni? A 100 legjobb magyar bor 2008'' (2008) * ''Mit érdemes megvenni? A 100 legjobb magyar bor 2009'' (2009) * ''Egy kis hazai - Kaposvár és a régió'' (2009)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palffy, Istvan 1959 births Living people Budapest University of Technology and Economics alumni Hungarian journalists Hungarian writers Hungarian architects Hungarian winemakers Hungarian television personalities Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) People from Debrecen